Canadian National Railways Station, Amqui, Quebec · Photo: Michel Robichaud · CC BY 3.0
1historic place on the registers
History of Amqui · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 1 historic place in Amqui
In Amqui that place is Canadian National Railways Station, Amqui, Quebec, a heritage railway station, from 1904. Per resident Amqui has more than 84% of Canadian towns: 1.7 for every 10,000 people.
2 old photographs of the town, then the oldest view of one of its historic places, set out by date. Each dot on the line is a picture; tap one to open it full screen.
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Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
How it began
1889 and after: Amqui’s milestones
The record lists founding, 1889, among its milestones. On Wikidata the municipality of Amqui dates to November 28, 1906, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation. Amqui is named after Benedict Joseph Labre, french mendicant and saint.
Until 1948, Amqui was called Saint-Benoit Joseph Labre.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Amqui
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Little new building in Amqui: 1.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More of Amqui’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 39%. At 23%, Amqui’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. Only 11% of Amqui’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
23%
Before 1961
39%
1961–80
27%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
AmquiTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Amqui has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,000 to 6,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Amqui’s homes from before 1961 come to 23%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Beyond that, one person of its past, Alfred Belzile (1907); and its designation dates from 1994.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
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Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
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The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
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Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
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The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
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People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
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The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Amqui’s history
How many historic places does Amqui have on the registers?
Inside Amqui: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Amqui?
By its record, Canadian National Railways Station, Amqui, Quebec, from 1904 (Heritage Railway Station).
How old are the homes in Amqui?
The 2021 Census dates 23% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
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